Presidential address signals war policy focus this session
President will outline wartime policy in opening address to Congress on Tuesday. Domestic bills on physical appropriation, fiscal relations, bonds, revenue, transport, and other domestic affairs shape the session, which may last months. Tax proposals include levies on tilled land and unplanted city lots to fund war, with broader legislation deferred.
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Wapton
Congress
Wis ‘Lock
Randall
California
Chamberlain
Senate Military Committee
MA E
Giermany
Northern neutrals pledge at conference on war exchange
Christiania December conflict notes say Norway Denmark and Sweden agreed to observe neutrality toward belligerents. They will organize to facilitate exchange of merchandise and steps to safeguard neutral interests after the war, according to an official statement.
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Christiania
Dee
Norway
Denmark
Sweden
Eid
Corn and Oats Prices Show Small Change
Grain and feed prices listed show corn at 1.195 dollars per unit and oats trading near the same level, reflecting a quiet market day with no large shifts in value.
Princess Tatiana Plans Lectures Aiding Russian Relief
A story notes Tatiana, once a Russian princess, fled after her father’s downfall and is said to travel to America to give lectures to support Russian relief efforts. The dispatches about her escape have been denied.
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Russia
Tatiana
Nicky Romanoff
America
Demand for High Wages Hits Railroads Nationwide
Dec 1 report from Cleveland notes the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and the Order of Railway Conductors sent wage increase requests. The unions seek about forty percent raises and chairmen were to present a wage schedule to railroad general managers nationwide.
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Cleveland
Ohio
United States
Brotherhood of
Tick Eradication Day Celebrated in Mississippi
Jackson Mississippi observed Tick Eradication Day with statewide festivities to mark near elimination of cattle ticks quarantine and Texas fever. Governor Bilbo proclaimed the observance and Jackson featured a program with livestock and agricultural authorities.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Bilbo
Potato Donations Reach Two Carloads in Idaho
Weiser Idaho December 1 J E Ferrell owner of a large potato and hog ranch has given away a ton of potatoes a day for a week. Total donations expected to reach two carloads. Ferrell markets his best grade but this year donates the second grade. Potato yields in the region ran as high as 180 sacks per acre.
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Weiser
Idaho
J. E. Ferrel
Landis Attacks Mayor Thompson In Defiance Speech
Federal Judge Landis, speaking at the Ansh-Sholem synagogue sponsored by the state council for defense, labeled Mayor Thompson a traitor and accused him of seeking a US Senate seat through disloyal votes. He denounced sedition, warned against the false leader, and cited drafts and Kaiser references in schools.
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Chicago
Landis
Ansh-Sholem
State Council For Defense
Thompson
United States
The
Goose fetches record price at Red Cross auctions
A goose sold in Greenfield Iowa for 2912.50 at a Red Cross benefit auction. The same bird previously brought 2555.90 at Winterset Iowa auctions for the same charity.
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Greenfield
Winterset
Red Cross
Idaho Tech to Start Government Radio Course Monday Night
President Milea F. Reed announces a government sanctioned radio course at Idaho Tech starting Monday at 7 PM. An expert telegrapher will lead, with no tuition for conscripted men. Night school next session runs 6 30 to 9 30 PM. Spanish class at 8, French at 7, English for foreigners at 8. Registration fee $2 for a three month term.
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Milea F. Reed
Idaho Tech
The
Tech
the Tech
Miss Bowen
Reed
F E. A. Bryan
Yaquis Ordered to Gather for Deportation in Sonora
Mexican officials announced under Calles plan that all Yaqui Indians in Sonora must assemble in Hermosillo from December 1 to December 5 for deportation to remove the Indian population as part of the government public policy.
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Douglas
Sonora
Mexico
Hermosillo
Calles
Registration of Women on Industrial Scale Starts First Week
Bannock county mobilizes a county wide women registration drive with Mrs. C I M Loux as county chair and Mrs. E E Moberly appointed ward chair. meetings set in public library and notices to be announced at theatres, clubs, and churches.
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Bannock
Council of Nation
C. Im. Lous
BE. E. Mo
E. E. Moberly
C. A. Miltenberger
C. P. Barber
Murray Cole
Geo. Smith
Hannah Ash
J. M. Knowles
Moberly
Mary M. Ingersoll
C. E. M. Loux
Bannock County
Monument to Indian Fight Dedicated at Union Gap
North Yakima Wash Dec 1 The last battle between whites and Indians in Yakima valley years ago is commemorated by a monument at Union Gap near here built by Yakima tribe members The battle Two Buttes was led by General Phil Sheridan The principal address was delivered by Galuskin of the Yakima tribe
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North Yakima
Wash
Yakima Valle
Union Gap
Two Buttes
Phil Sheridan
Galuskin
British Hold After Cambrai Reverses In Front
Berlin reports 4000 British captured with batteries in the Cambrai area as German forces pressed from Moeuvres to Bourlon and Fontaine. British countermeasures saved many troops though losses were heavy. Fighting continued with British counterattacks as ground shifted near Graincourt Amneux and Cantaing.
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Cambrai
War Offices
Moeuvres
Bourlon
Fontaine
la Folie
Graincourt
Amneux
Cantaing
Scheldt
Jeux
Gonne
Villers- Guislain
Germans launch violent Verdun attack as front line holds
On Veréap Front Paris December 1 the war office reports a violent German assault on Verdun. Two German efforts were repelled by the French who after a brief engagement maintained their line intact.
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Paris
Verdun Front
War Office
Germans Pause Attacks on Cambrai Front After Violent Offensive
London report states that Germans made no further attacks on the Cambrai front last night following a violent offensive yesterday aimed at regaining ground by the British last week, according to official announcement.
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London
Cambrai Front
New Yorker Calls for Women to Salute the Flag
A New York woman writes to the women’s committee in Washington urging a nationwide “Salute the Flag” movement. She notes that in patriotic races men uncover when the flag passes and argues that women should join in the salute as well.
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New Yorker
New York
Woman’s Committee
Washington
Studebaker Heiress Helen Henderson Dies in Car Wreck
Mrs Helen Studebaker Henderson daughter of late Jacob F Studebaker and a founder's descendant was killed in an automobile accident near New Rochelle New York. Her husband Lucius Henderson was only slightly bruised. She was prominent in New York Chicago and South Bend society.
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South Bend
Helen Studebaker Henderson
Jacob F. Studebaker
Studebaker Corporation
New Rochelle
N. Y
Pete
Lucius Henderson
Henderson
New York
Chicago
Service Flag of Two Hundred Stars Displayed Here
A service flag with 900 stars is in process of manufacture in Spokane Washington. It will be displayed at the Lewis and Clark High School and is being made by pupils in the domestic science program who are in the military service.
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Spokane
Wes
Per
Lewis and Clark Pm School
Football Claims Twelve Lives in 1917 Season
Chicago reports from the Associated Press indicate twelve football fatalities occurred during the 1917 season, six fewer than in 1916.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Jury Returns Guilty Verdict in Poynter Liquor Case
The trial of H. T. Poynter for possession of intoxicating liquor ends in a ten-minute jury deliberation with a guilty verdict. Defense did not cross examine witnesses and plans to appeal to the supreme court. Deputy Blake testified the defendant resisted contact and concealed whiskey. Attorneys for the defense were C. D. Smith and J. M. Stevens. State was led by County Prosecutor Lockhart with T. D. Jones. Also today Jack Coble faces similar liquor possession charges in court.
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H. T. Poynter
Supreme Court
Blake
C. D. Smith
J. M. Stevens
Lockhart
T. D. Jones
Jack Coble
State Court Rules War Power Closes Saloons Near War Plants
An appellate division ruling says New York can close saloons near shipyards, camps, munitions sites and war plants during wartime without federal orders. The decision holds the state may act to regulate saloons in these areas to support war efforts.
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New York
Appellate Division
Supreme Court
War Breaks the Sectarian Ties in Philadelphia Service
A war time religious service in Philadelphia aims to break sectarian divides among Catholics Protestants and Jews. The Garrick theater hosts the event organized by the State Defense Board Religious Service committee with leaders from major denominations and a rabbi among speakers.
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Garrick Theater
Religious Service Committee
The
State Defense Board
Thomas J. Garland
Episcopal Church
Joseph E. Berry
Methodist Church
Rickenbacker Chooses Aviation Over Autos
Eddie Rickenbacker, once famed as an auto speed demon, travels to France with General Pershing’s forces. He served briefly as Pershing’s driver but found automobiles too slow and requested transfer to the aviation corps. He completed the aviation training in six weeks, shorter than the usual four months.
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Eddie Rickenbacker
France
General Pershing
Pershing
Aviation Corps
Independent peace plan offered by Austro-Hungarian premier
Vienna dispatch quotes Premier von Seydl as saying Austria Hungary will seek a peace honorable to both sides and free of territorial or economic oppression after accepting Russia's invitation to armistice talks.
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Amsterdam
Russia
von Seydler
Reichstrath
Vienna
Rth
Washington allows white fish to be hooked year round
Spokane Washington December 1 The change announced by deputy state game warden R B es lifts the closed season for white fish throughout Washington allowing year round hooking. Officials say the fish are plentiful in the state streams and the move aims to aid food conservation.
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Spokane
Wash
Washington
R. B. Es
Northern Michigan big game season ends after deadly hunting
Calumet Mich Dec 1 with six hunters killed and a score or more seriously injured the northern Michigan big game season will close tonight.
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Calumet
Mich
Michigan
America Pledges Romanian Help in War Support
President Wilson sent a message to the king of Romania pledging U S aid to maintain Romanian integrity. The United States renews its commitment to assist Romania and its people in the war and to use every effort to sustain the nation.
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Washington
America
Wilson
United States
Trozky Dismisses Maklakoff Over Allied Conference
Telegrams report Trozky removes Maklakoff Russian ambassador to France for participating in the allied conference. In Amsterdam, von Huehlmann accuses Russia of igniting a world crisis and outlines a path toward internal reconstruction and eastward stability with Germany’s cautious, principled stance.
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Amsterdam
von Huehlmann
Russia
Germany
German claims unlikely in peace conference, says von Kuehlmann
London report quotes German Foreign Secretary von Kuehlmann denying any plan to press large demands in a prospective peace conference. He calls such claims absurd in Amsterdam dispatch dated December 1.
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London
von Kuehlmann
Amsterdam
Germany
War Council Meets at Versailles Attended by Allied Leaders
The first supreme war council meeting opened in Versailles with Lloyd George and General Wilson for Britain, House and Bliss for the United States, Clemenceau and Foch for France, and Orlando and Cadorna for Italy. The hotel was guarded to prevent intrusion.
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Versailes
Supreme War Council
Lloyd Geerge
General Wilson
Great Britain
House and Bliss
United States
Clemenceau
Foch
France
Orlando
Cadorna
Italy
Girls to Try Rifle Practice at Washington State College
Girl students at Washington State College in Pullman will begin a rifle training course led by Sergeant W. N. Pockett, coach of the men's rifle teams. The program starts indoors with light rifles and moves to outdoor ranges with standard army rifles.
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Pullman
Wash
Washington State College
W. N. Pockett
Loyalists Sign and Send in This Blank Petition
Petition from citizens of the United States to Congress at Washington seeks a law punishing disloyal persons or organizations for pro-German activities, statements harming war efforts, or undermining recruitment. Blanks indicate submission to Box 2000, City.
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United States
Qra
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